USA Africa Dialogue Series - Moyo Okediji on what the Federal Government should do with the ASUU wahala

"As Minister of Education in Nigeria, I would take the following ten DECISIVE actions immediately:

 

 1. Dismiss all the lecturers. Of course they are free to seek re-dress through the courts. The universities have attorneys to answer lawsuits.

2. Give lecturers an opportunity to re-apply within seven days.

 

 3. Those who do not re-apply should leave university housing, and vacate their offices. Invite the police to maintain order and enforce the vacation of university properties. Those arrested for illegal actions will be legally arrested and duly prosecuted.

 4. Re-appoint lecturers as Assistant Professors (Lecturers I and II), Associate Professors (Senior Lecturers and Readers), and Full Professors (current Professors).... 5. Re-appointment is not automatic. Only lecturers who have been productive in the last three years would be re-appointed. Productivity to be be determined in terms of publications, exhibitions, inventions, and research findings.

 

 6. Negotiate salaries individually with the professors, based on demonstrated productivity. Every professor receives a salary package that is unique to his/her qualifications, experience and productivity. This is the way remunerations are apportioned in the United States, which is mostly why many professors work hard.

 

 7. Request evaluations of professors by students every semesters. This is done every semester in the US, and ensures that many professors take teaching serious).
 

8. Recruit international university accreditors and consultants to equip libraries, classrooms, and laboratories.
 

9. Recruit international accreditors and consultants to appoint Vice-Chancellor, Librarians, and Registrars, and Accountants.
 

10. Retain international accreditors and consultants to annually evaluate the state of each university, and recommend continued accreditation.
 

The university system would improve drastically, and universities would become a true place of learning, research, and excellence."

 

- Moyo Okediji

     Art History Professor at The University of Texas at Austin

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